Re: Protecting database passwords
| From: | Justin Patrin | Date: | Wed, 30 Jun 2004 21:15:32 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Protecting database passwords | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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You pretty much have to run the webserver / script as a certain user
and give only that use read permissions to the file.
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:11:04 -0700 (GMT-07:00), zeus@ix.netcom.com
<zeus@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
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> > Hashing ... but i guess he wants to protected the password
> > needed to access the DB not a PW stored in the DB.
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> Yes, this is what I am concerned about, access to the file by local users on the server.
> Hashes won't help me.
>
> -Bob
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